In A Clash with Cannavaro by Elizabeth Power, Emiliano Cannavaro wants the custody of his young orphaned nephew. Lauren Westwood is the woman standing between him and his nephew but for the right price he knows that she will soon give up all the claims she has on his nephew. Emiliano’s 
brother was married to Lauren’s sister.The marriage proved to be disastrous and ended in the couple’s death.
Innocent Lauren isn’t the gold digger he believes and she won’t be bought! But when Cannavaro offers her an ultimatum—come to his house in the Caribbean with the child for a month or see him in court—she chooses to take up his proposition to go to his Caribbean retreat for one month with her nephew. She may have agreed to his proposition but she’ll not give up without a fight—and it promises to be explosive!
A Clash with Cannavaro by Elizabeth Power is a well written romance with a mixture of blackmail and misunderstanding trope. I enjoyed the fast pace of the story and the sizzling chemistry between the main characters was an added bonus.
Emiliano is a very sexy alpha hero who manged to remain alpha without being an insufferable brute. Not much of his POV is given as compared to the heroine. Lauren is a strong and likable heroine who does not cower beneath Emiliano. She did get blackmailed by Emiliano in accepting his proposition when he gave her no choice but I liked that she did not go down without a fight.
The story was predictable and that for me personally is not a good thing because it gets a little boring when the story is in the second phase. An epilogue completes the story.
Overall, A Clash with Cannavaro by Elizabeth Power is a well written romance with likable characters. If you like the classical blackmail and misunderstanding plot, then its worth a read.
Book Info:
Published April 15th 2014 by Harlequin Presents Series #3239
Italian billionaire Emiliano Cannavaro knows everyone has their price…
Especially Lauren Westwood, the sister of his brother’s duplicitous wife, and the only woman to ever come close to melting his cool defenses! When tragedy strikes, Emiliano will gain custody of his young orphaned nephew, even if the boy is currently under Lauren’s care.
Innocent Lauren isn’t the gold digger he believes and she won’t be bought! But when Cannavaro offers her an ultimatum—come to his house in the Caribbean with the child, or see him in court—she chooses to face him head-on. She’ll not give up without a fight—and it promises to be explosive!
